Vornado Realty Trust Chief Executive Officer Steven Roth appealed to Zohran Mamdani to be more welcoming to businesses after a video by the New York City mayor caused Citadel to threaten to pull out of a new tower on Park Avenue.
Roth said he still expects Citadel’s Ken Griffin to remain committed to the $6 billion project, which Vornado is partnering on, and hopes to offer investors more clarity on the development this summer.
In a now viral social media post discussing a new tax proposal on pieds-à-terre, Mamdani accused second-home buyers of storing their wealth in the city while ...